Triggers for change With the economic decline, and increasing in disorder of once strong Classical civilizations, not only led to the fall of the civilization but opens up new opportunities and beliefs. For example, after the Roman empire was split, the east could not regain the land back but it did went on to control land in Russia and eastern Europe that cause trade and missionary activity. With the expansion of trade, inventions like ships and navigational devices improve with the invention of the compass in China.
The big changes With post classical civilizations, religions began to alter where Christianity and Muslims had mutual intolerance for each other. However "new" religions were created off of security and reassurance. Islam was spread into Asian, Europe and Africa. With religions like Buddhism and Christianity, churches had to pay tax to government but people combined religion with commericial life and artistic forms. Soon there was a development of regular trade around the parts of Euro-Asia, and Africa. Merchants traded luxarious goods from silk to gold to slaves. Trade however did benefit the spread of technologies with the exchanges of new inventions. paper(china) => advancement in math Also with trade it spread diseases, such as the Black Death in the 14th century that moves from China to Europe.
Continuity
China: change in trade and it's participation, Buddhism added values for women
Middle East: change/development with Islam, interactions of Hellenistic science, new beliefs and philosophies
Greek and Rome: use of architecture for Christianity
No change in social structure
Impact on Daily Life: Women Buddhist leaders in Japan pondered over women's significance. Religions now are allowing women to expand on their leadership roles in the political and economic life. However changes for women were not always for favorable because in Asia, women had became a simple possession. ex. in India, practice of sati => demonstrated lamenting on husbands funeral pyres.
Pre-Islamic Arabia
violence
lack of community, overall area
political control
cycle of vengence
competition over resources
Muhammed
578 C.E - 632 C.E
united Bedoiun tribes with 1 faith
Umayyad Clan
Damasus, originated
Mecca - Damasus
Rapid spread of Islam, North Africa, rest of Middle East, India, Northern Africa, Spain
Split
Ali - nephew and son in law
Mu'awiya- leader of the Umayyad who became the caliph
Split was result of the unclear rules placed after Muhammed
Triggers for change
With the economic decline, and increasing in disorder of once strong Classical civilizations, not only led to the fall of the civilization but opens up new opportunities and beliefs. For example, after the Roman empire was split, the east could not regain the land back but it did went on to control land in Russia and eastern Europe that cause trade and missionary activity. With the expansion of trade, inventions like ships and navigational devices improve with the invention of the compass in China.
The big changes
With post classical civilizations, religions began to alter where Christianity and Muslims had mutual intolerance for each other. However "new" religions were created off of security and reassurance. Islam was spread into Asian, Europe and Africa. With religions like Buddhism and Christianity, churches had to pay tax to government but people combined religion with commericial life and artistic forms.
Soon there was a development of regular trade around the parts of Euro-Asia, and Africa. Merchants traded luxarious goods from silk to gold to slaves. Trade however did benefit the spread of technologies with the exchanges of new inventions.
paper(china) => advancement in math Also with trade it spread diseases, such as the Black Death in the 14th century that moves from China to Europe.
Continuity
Impact on Daily Life: Women
Buddhist leaders in Japan pondered over women's significance. Religions now are allowing women to expand on their leadership roles in the political and economic life. However changes for women were not always for favorable because in Asia, women had became a simple possession. ex. in India, practice of sati => demonstrated lamenting on husbands funeral pyres.
Pre-Islamic Arabia
- violence
- lack of community, overall area
- political control
- cycle of vengence
- competition over resources
Muhammed- 578 C.E - 632 C.E
- united Bedoiun tribes with 1 faith
Umayyad Clan- Damasus, originated
- Mecca - Damasus
- Rapid spread of Islam, North Africa, rest of Middle East, India, Northern Africa, Spain
Split